NNA - Former Prime Minister Sd Hariri's media bureau issued on Monday the following statement: "Former Prime Minister Sd Hariri contacted President Michel Suleiman, President Amin Gemayel, head of the Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai, Army Commander General Jean Kahwagi and a number of political, religious and diplomatic figures, and congratulated them on the occasion of Easter for the Christian communities that follow the Gregorian calendar.

The official media neither broadcast nor covered directly the execution, the ministry said in a statement, urging journalists to refer to the international media bureau of the ministry to check authenticity of the official news before being broadcast.

A statement issued on Tuesday, March 25, by the Interior Ministry's Media Bureau said that in the meeting Ambassador Leenstrum asserted his country's desire to consolidate its relations with Iraq on all levels.

NNA - Lebanon's Christian leaders held a deliberation gathering on Thursday at Bkirki, upon the invitation of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi, as per a statement by Bkirki Media Bureau.

Member of the media bureau of the National Syrian Council Mohammad Sarmini told KUNA via phone that the two-day meeting would focus on uniting the opposition's efforts in overcoming differences amongst its groups, adding the meeting comes a day before the grand conference of the Syrian opposition that would be held in Cairo under the Arab League sponsorship.